Surviving Extreme Anaemia

Surviving Extreme Anaemia

Before the development of transfusion medicine, severe anaemia was an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The discovery of haematopoietic mechanisms and essential nutrients made it possible to easily treat and prevent this condition. Nevertheless, it is often fatal in patients presenting wit...

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Main Authors: Joana Esteves, Joana Fernandes, Pedro Oliveira-Monteiro, Mariana Almeida, Luís Nogueira-Silva, Jorge Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2021-03-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
severe anaemia
vitamin b12
nutritional deficiency
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2357
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spelling doaj-165a6f536c5a4e6998e283e1ff4e5ab52021-03-05T08:43:06ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942021-03-0110.12890/2021_0023571973Surviving Extreme AnaemiaJoana Esteves0Joana Fernandes1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-242XPedro Oliveira-Monteiro2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9175-4139Mariana Almeida3Luís Nogueira-Silva4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-707XJorge Almeida5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1337-7179Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Santa Maria Maior, Barcelos, PortugalIntensive Care Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, PortugalClinical Hematology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal; Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário São João, Porto, Portugal; Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalBefore the development of transfusion medicine, severe anaemia was an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The discovery of haematopoietic mechanisms and essential nutrients made it possible to easily treat and prevent this condition. Nevertheless, it is often fatal in patients presenting with extreme anaemia (haemoglobin levels <2 g/dl). We report the rare case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with profound megaloblastic anaemia (haemoglobin of 1.7 g/dl) due to vitamin B12 deficiency, and was successfully treated.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2357severe anaemiavitamin b12nutritional deficiency
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author Joana Esteves
Joana Fernandes
Pedro Oliveira-Monteiro
Mariana Almeida
Luís Nogueira-Silva
Jorge Almeida
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Joana Fernandes
Pedro Oliveira-Monteiro
Mariana Almeida
Luís Nogueira-Silva
Jorge Almeida
Surviving Extreme Anaemia
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
severe anaemia
vitamin b12
nutritional deficiency
author_facet Joana Esteves
Joana Fernandes
Pedro Oliveira-Monteiro
Mariana Almeida
Luís Nogueira-Silva
Jorge Almeida
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title Surviving Extreme Anaemia
title_short Surviving Extreme Anaemia
title_full Surviving Extreme Anaemia
title_fullStr Surviving Extreme Anaemia
title_full_unstemmed Surviving Extreme Anaemia
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publisher SMC MEDIA SRL
series European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
issn 2284-2594
publishDate 2021-03-01
description Before the development of transfusion medicine, severe anaemia was an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The discovery of haematopoietic mechanisms and essential nutrients made it possible to easily treat and prevent this condition. Nevertheless, it is often fatal in patients presenting with extreme anaemia (haemoglobin levels <2 g/dl). We report the rare case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with profound megaloblastic anaemia (haemoglobin of 1.7 g/dl) due to vitamin B12 deficiency, and was successfully treated.
topic severe anaemia
vitamin b12
nutritional deficiency
url https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2357
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